Chapter 1499 - Great to Have You (59) (1/2)

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Long Xiaoxi got closer to her in the next few days, and they would have all their meals together.

Two days later, the second round of elimination began. Two out of five hundred contestants would be eliminated.

Fortunately, three of the contestants in Long Xiaoxi’s room were advanced to the next round.

The three contestants were Long Xiaoxi, Li Xiaoxiao, and Wang Hulu.

The modeling contest managed to garner the attention of the public and was widely received amongst the viewers. It became a hot topic for discussion on the internet. Many fans had also shown their support for the contestants.

Unfortunately, only those beautiful and handsome contestants had fans.

After a few rounds of elimination, it boiled down to fifty remaining contestants who were ranked accordingly.

Li Xiaoxiao and Long Xiaoxi were close in rank. Long Xiaoxi was in 32nd place while Li Xiaoxiao was in 38th place.

Wang Hulu managed to survive the elimination by a close shave and was ranked 49th place.

Long Xiaoxi had paid lots of attention to Wen Yuechan.

She was as gorgeous as she used to be as a child.

She was also ranked several places before Long Xiaoxi, coming in at 11th place.

At this juncture, Long Xiaoxi still did not want to rely on her family’s connections. However, Mei Yangyang told her that it was true that the rankings and positions had already been determined beforehand and that the voting system was just a sham and a facade. Long Xiaoxi snapped the moment she heard that it would be impossible for her to make it into the top thirty contestants.

Why can’t it be a fair contest?

Is this a competition of who has the best family background?

She found out from Mei Yangyang who the top thirty contestants were.

Mei Yangyang sent her a name list.

Wen Yuechan was set to be the second runner-up.

To her astonishment, Wang Hulu would emerge as champion! The first runner-up was unsurprisingly the daughter of a tycoon.

Just like she had expected, Li Xiaoxiao and herself were not in the name list.

At this moment, Long Xiaoxi realized that Wang Hulu definitely had a powerful backer. However, she felt that Wang Hulu’s name was rather distasteful and thus deduced that the latter’s parents must have been uncultured. Hence, she requested Mei Yangyang to help her look into Wang Hulu’s profile.

The day before the next round of elimination, Mei Yangyang informed her that Wang Hulu was the daughter of the organizer of the modeling contest.

Her actual name was Wang Xizhen, and she had changed her name to Wang Hulu because of the contest.

It had never crossed Long Xiaoxi’s mind that the plain and average-looking Wang Hulu would be the greatest winner.

Long Xiaoxi finally requested Mei Yangyang to help her and Li Xiaoxiao pull some strings using her connections.

Despite feeling exasperated, she did not confront Wang Hulu.

After much consideration, she decided to have a talk with Li Xiaoxiao.

She asked, “What do you think Wang Hulu’s family background is like?”

“She’s dressed in cheap clothes from head to toe and she doesn’t put on any makeup either. She doesn’t seem to be from a wealthy family.”

“We won’t make it to the top thirty this time.”

“Huh? How did you know?” Li Xiaoxiao asked.

Gazing at Li Xiaoxiao, she answered, “I have a list of names that have already been determined beforehand. Wang Hulu would be the champion, followed by a tycoon’s daughter, and, thirdly, Wen Yuechan.”

“Wang Hulu? Are you kidding me? How could she be first place?”

“Her real name is Wang Xizhen and she changed her name right before the contest. She’s the daughter of the contest organizer.”